Action at ITPOn 15 November and as part of the "Decentralised Day of Action - War Starts from Europe", activists from KEM-MOC Bilbao blockaded ITP (Industria de Turbopropulsores), one of the leading Basque factories which produces engines and turbines for the military industry, mainly military planes and helicopters. The activists blocked the door with chains and used red paint symbolizing the blood and destruction that the ITP products cause around the world.

CitigroupCitigroup, operating as Citi, is a major financial services company based in New York City. Formed by the 1998 merger of Citicorp and Travelers Group, the company employs 332,000 people around the world and holds over 200 million customer accounts in more than 100 countries.

Students at the New School in New York City, USA, have joined those fighting for justice around the world by occupying their campus. They are demanding the administration honour their rights as students to shape the University in their own interest. They are standing up to the corporate and military powers that are reshaping education across the country. From tuition hikes at CUNY to investing in war industries, it's time to take the schools back!

For more information: http://www.newschoolinexile.com/

DisarmSweden has historically been a big weapons producer and exporter. For decades the Swedish peace movement have been working to end the Swedish weapons export. In spite of this the weapons export has dramatically increased lately. Since 2001 it has tripled and today Sweden is the second biggest weapons exporter in world per capita. Swedish weapons go to countries at war like the US, to dictatorships like Saudi Arabia and human rights abusers like Bahrain.

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2008 has been a fruitful year for WRI's Nonviolence Programme, bringing important developments in the main areas of the programme's work. The programme's main aims are to strengthen and deepen understanding of nonviolence, nonviolent strategies, and nonviolent campaigning, and to develop and provide tools and support to groups using nonviolence. The following were the main projects for 2008.

International Nonviolence Training Exchange